Reflective Essay About Rhetorical Situation

Rhetorical Situation is something that all writers do in order to summon an audience in their writing. When I think about my own writing, I think about how the rhetorical situation has helped shape my own writing, I can recall specific essays such as my college application that really exhibits how the rhetorical situation has helped me get my point across and shape my writing. Last year when I was applying to multiple colleges I had to write an essay that would show the people in admissions why I should be accepted into their school. I remember specifically the essay that I had to write for the University of Central Florida college application where I pulled out everything that I had in me to make it the best essay possible. During the process

I remember the question that I had to answer in my essay was “If there has been some obstacle or bump in the road in your academic or personal life, please explain the circumstances.” Another thing was how it could be no more than 500 words or 7,000 characters. At the time when I wrote this it was last year and I was still a senior in high school and very eager to get into a university. Since I was so desperate to impress my audience I had to make sure that everything I wanted express went into those 500 words. I even went very personal in my essay talking about my childhood and the “bumps in the road” that I overcame in my life. For example in my writing I mentioned the hard work that I put into school and said “I had spent the past seven years working hard and challenging myself in school just so I can graduate high school with honors, get into college, and be one step closer to making my future better.” This showed the people that were reading my paper a sneak peek into my life and who I was, how dedicated I was, and how much I was determined to get into the

For example I gave them a lot of pathos by talking about the obstacles that I had in my life and how I was strong enough to overcome them. Then I gave them ethos by displaying that I was a good choice academically by explaining all of my academic achievements, giving me credibility. Afterwards I displayed logos where I explained to them that if I could go through all the obstacles I have had in my life and still come out on the winning end, then logically I would be a good student for the school and the audience could understand